Help - my Navets are escaping !

[scarey55]

Please can anyone help. My Navets (long thin turnips) are growing upwards out of the ground instead of growing down

I know that I must be doing something wrong but I don't know what. The ground was previously growing potatoes and it is quite stoney but not impossibly so. I don't think they are too close together either.

I have taken a couple out of the ground because thay are too high to cover with soil and they taste divine but I think they should be longer and thinner. Also, because they are out of the ground they are starting to be attacked by all manner of "nasties"

Should I harvest them and try again next year or is there something that can be done.

As ever, your help is much appreciated.

Clare.

[shirlthegirl43]

Would have thought earthing up would be the way to go but if they are growing too high for that maybe you need to find another sort of mulch - would grass cuttings or straw work?

[scarey55]

Thanks for that Shirl, I think I'll have a go at earthing up to start with. They aren't too high yet but if they get to that stage, I have plenty of straw to use. Might be tempted to eat them all raw though - they taste fantastic, much better that anything I have ever had from the shops.
Clare

[scared55]

Not being given to eating raw things (except sweetcorn and Steack Tartare) I had to be forced to try some raw navet.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

KK

[Two_Sheds]

...maybe you sowed the seed upside down..?